Public Administration and Public Affairs
β Scribed by Nicholas Henry
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 535
- Edition
- 13
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Public Administration and Public Affairs demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field. The 13th edition is complete with an Instructorβs Manual, Testbank, and PowerPoint slides for instructors, as well as Learning Objectives and Self-test Questions for students, making it the ideal primer for public administration/management, public affairs, and nonprofit management courses.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface to the Thirteenth Edition
Acknowledgments
Part I: In Defense of Governing Well
1 Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy
2 Paradigms of Public Administration
Part II: Public and Nonprofit Organizations
3 The Threads of Organizations: Theories
4 The Fabric of Organizations: Forces
5 The Fibers of Organizations: People
Part III: Public and Nonprofit Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency
6 Clarifying Complexity: The Publicβs Information Resource
7 The Constant Quest: Efficient and Effective Governance
8 The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments
9 Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors
Part IV: Implementing Public Policy
10 Understanding and Improving Public Policy
11 Intersectoral Administration
12 Intergovernmental Administration
13 Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic
Index
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